Friday, February 26, 2016

26 February – 8 May 2016Pipilotti Rist (b. 1962) is a pioneering figure in video art and has
achieved international fame for her sensual and audacious video
installations that tackle conventions and taboos in an entertaining,
ironic and self-confident way. The exhibition presents key works from
the beginning of her international career, including the early
single-channel videos with which she became known in the 1980s.
Pipilotti Rist is creating a large-format installation in the expansive
space of the Bührle gallery specially for the exhibition, in which she
explores new artistic and technical avenues. The show is more than
just a retrospective: it is conceived to fill the designated space in
its totality as one single installation, in which new and older works
reveal surprising links between the various phases of her career and
fields of activity. The catalogue, in German and English, is designed as
a glossary illuminating the most important themes and concepts of
Pipilotti Rist’s artistic universe through literary and visual
materials.The exhibition with Pipilotti Rist is an exclusive presentation at the Kunsthaus Zürich.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

I first became aware of Muster-Meier Contemporary Fine Art, in Bern when I noticed that they represent Kinki Texas, someone I have liked and been following since we were "friends" on Myspace (ha-ha remember that?).Finding my self in Bern for a couple of days I couldn't miss out on the chance to visit. The current show in what I thought was a great space is a very interesting painting show by three younger (than what?) artists. Christian Hans Albert Hoosen *1981 Berlin, Kevin Aeschbacher *1988 Zürich, Hannes Zulauf *1992 Wohlen.